50 Year Old Briggs & Stratton Fuel Tank
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The plastic fuel tank on my 50 year old tiller began leaking at the seam last year. None of the sealants I tried to fix it with held up for very long exposed to gasoline. So I decided to give it a shot and see if Briggs & Stratton might possibly have a new tank that I could adapt as a replacement.
I read the model number that is stamped somewhere on all B&S engines, and went to their online parts service with my fingers crossed. After a short search, sure enough they showed a part number for an updated tank for my engine. The new tank arrived a couple of days ago and it is identical to the original except for a slightly different filler cap. It installed exactly the same and is perfect.
In these days of planned obsolescence, it is great to find this kind of super parts service.
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I seem to remember the tank being metal on my push lawnmower with a 3.5 hp Briggs and Stratton engine that I bought 48 years ago. Was plastic even invented back then? :-)
its kind of amazing the parts available for some of the old motors. i found a metal gas cap for my old tecumseh. by the way if you go to Jacks Small Engines there's a sticky there showing the model number locations of many of the old engines.
Good luck with this one!
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I would say there many folks that could bring that contraption back to life.
Food for thought, the fellow that made the first one 70 plus years ago sure didn't have the tools used to make today's machines.
I have an old rear engine Snapper mower that still runs fine but I never use it because of the 28 inch deck that takes a long time to mow the yard.Nothing makes the grass look better than that old Snapper with a bagger on it.My dad brought that Snapper home the day of the moon landing in 1969.
Near as I can tell, it is a 1927 Shaw with a B&S.
i have used the product called seal all on lots of plastic tanks even battery cases dont know if still made